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Suicide is a sin. One who ends their life loses a great opportunity to achieve union with Waheguru. All the karmas that they were destined to live through will have to be lived in the next life. Human birth is a rare opportunity and must be taken advantage of by naam abhiyaas and bani recitation to burn off good/bad karma and get closer to Waheguru. Suicide only ends the body not sufferings or happiness. The soul will get another body (if Waheguru wills) and the person will have to face the same karma as well as new bad karma of suicide. Only Shabad is the way to get freedom from karma. Every human being has sufferings of some sort in their lives and Sikhs are instructed to accept it as Hukam (Divine Reason). More naam abhiyaas in drastic situations help significantly by shortening and duration of suffering and decreasing its affects. Guru Sahib knows best.

A lot of this is down to the parents in the way the children behave and the failure to ground them in the principle of Sikhi. Go round a Sikhs house and they will reel off the latest Bollywood blockbuster or Bhangra band yet ask them the concepts of Miri/Piri they are at a loss. If you think our religion has problems look at the Abrahamic faiths. Only recently the Church of England still cannot decide on allowing women bishops, yet Guru Nanak in his infinite wisdom gave praise and equality to women many hundred of years ago. We as Sikhs have a sound belief system that has stood the test of time and can be used as a basis for the fair and equal treatment of mankind, lets not get too hung up when our youth and parents lack etiquette.

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This is the same crap given by camp organisers all the time. Why cant you organise camps in places that do not own halls that run ANTI-GURMAT practices? When i went to Khalsa Camp for the First and LAST time, we confronted organisers about the onsite bar. We were told we should look at our own jeevans before commenting. Sorry, but the sandesh and previous hukham from akaal takht says Gurdwara premises should not include or support any NON GURMAT maryada. By holding your camp at this gurdwara indirectly supports it.

Why is Ramgharia hall nothing to do with you or any other Sikh? We have seen many thousands, perhaps millions of Sikhs give their life up for principle, starting from Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj. You can't just disassociate from a problem in the Panth by stating it's nothing to do with you. Neither can I disassociate from a problem in the Panth by saying it's nothing to do with me. We all have a collective reponsibility to Sikhi. When those mahan shaheeds laid their lives for beadbi, justice or principle they never felt if was not their problem. I think this party hall, alcohol and meat situation has gone so far that no one sees it as a problem anymore. We are therefore all part of this promotion of the Sikh identity being boozers and party animal by emphasising these actions in our own Gurdwaras Halls. You can't keep brushing the beadbi on your own doorstep under the carpet by saying it's nothing to do with you or you have no say. We are the Khalsa, we gave our sis to Maharaj, we gave your sis to upholding Sikh principles, how can we not have a say in something so detrimental to image of Sikhi. If we can't uphold Sikh maryada or stop the titles of our Gurdwara being abused then how can we put ourselves in positions to promote Sikhi. What Sikhi will we be promoting? Sikhi is not selective, we can't pick and choose what we like and ignore what we can't deal with. It's all or nothing. These kids are going to be sitting is a Gurdwara named after Baba Jassa Singh Ramgharia. Baba Jassa Singh who stood for Sikh principles and who's misl would have destroyed the very party halls that today have their name attached to them. It's time that WE [the sangat] grew up and realised if WE aren't doing anything about the problem, then WE are part of the problem no matter how many camps or mahan kirtan darbars we do. Don't worry, I am not planning on coming down to stop the camp, I am sure the children will get a lot from it. But I would make a respectful request that the sewadars of Ramgharia Gurdwara Coventry realise the importance of the issue and take the responsiblity in abolishing the beadbi that has been going on for 20 years and not let it go on for another 20 years.

Ik Oankar Satgur Parsad! Sri Bhagauti Ji Sahae! Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh! History is in the making as 96 Krori Jathedar Baba Joginder Singh will be travelling to the U.K for the purposes of preserving and promoting the history and traditions of the Akali Nihang Singh Khalsa. They will be arriving via Heathrow tommorrow 11am and will be on a tight schedule for the short time that they are here.

To the Committee and Sewdars of Ramgharia Gurdwara, Coventry, Apologies in advance for my abrasive attitude, but it's reached breaking point. Please address the Party Hall, meat and sharab which take place at this Gurdwara before you even think you have the right to teach children about Sikhi. Having a Vegetarian BBQ does not mean anything when you can openly consume tandoori chicken in the Ramgharia (named after panth rattan Baba Jassa Singh Ramgharia) Hall. Sewadars/Committees of Gurdwara complexes like Ramgharia Coventry have destroyed the image of Sikhi by promoting Manmat and then have the audacity to run a Gurmat camp to teach children about Sikhi. You are the ones who confused children in the first place. First things first. Please take the responsiblity of bringing back the sanctity of this specific Coventry Gurdwara, stop the abuse of Baba Jassa Singh Ramgharia's title. Maybe once that's done then go out there and promote Sikhi to the next generation.